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Complexion; color; hue; likeness; form. [Archaic] For him which is so bright of blee. Lament. of Mary Magd. That boy has a strong blee of his father. Forby.

ter or darker; as, the deep, blue sea; as blue as a sapphire; blue violets. "The blue firmament." Milton.

A parliamentary publication, so called from its blue paper covers. [Eng.]

A name given to fluor spar in Derbyshire, where it is used for ornamental purposes.

rom peat bogs. It is of a shining black or ebony color, and is largely used for making ornaments.

confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle. Gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunder, I gained my freedom. Shak.

A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish.

England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Bur…

One who buys or sells the parliamentary seats of boroughs.

A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus.

Ornamented with bosses; studded.

The fundament; the buttocks.

qualities characteristic of oxen or cows; sluggish and patient; dull; as, a bovine temperament. The bovine gaze of gaping rustics. W. Black.

An ornamental knot, with projecting lops, formed by doubling a ribbon or string.

A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum. The little bones of the ear drum do in straining and relaxing it as the braces of the war drum do in that. Derham.

An ornamental band or ring, for the wrist or the arm; in modern times, an ornament encircling the wrist, worn by women or girls.

An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office.

ends to do. Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, Brags of his substance, not of ornament. Shak.

A narrow fabric, as of wool, silk, or linen, used for binding, trimming, or ornamenting dresses, etc.

Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass. The very scullion who cleans the brasses. Hopkinson.